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FOLDING BED.

No. 548,857. Patented out. 29, 1895.

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WILLIAM A. WALES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND WILLIAM C. WALES, OF MEDFORD,MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,85*?, dated octobera9, 1895.

Application filed August 8, 1 895.

To a/ZZ whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. WALES, residing at New York, in thecounty and State of New York, and WILLIAM O. WALES, residing at Medford,in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, citizens of theUnited States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Beds, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Ourinvention has for its object to provide a folding bed which shall besimple, inexpensive in construction, easy of manipulation in opening orclosing, and readily cleaned or fumigated to meet the requirements ofhospitals and the like.

Our invention is fully set forth and will be readily understood from thefollowing description, in which reference is made to the accompanyingdrawings, and the novel features thereof are pointed out and clearlydefined in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective of the frame of abed embodying our improvement, said frame being in the position which itoccupies when the bed is open. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the bedraised into its closed position.

The cross-piece 1 and short uprights 2 2 form a stand or base. From theuprights 2 2 rise other uprights 3 3. The uprights 3 3 have offsetportions 4 4, provided with depressions 9, and the said portions A 4 arecontinued by upright extensions 5 5. The latter may be connected byatransverse portion 51,if desired,the Whole forming, as indicated in Fig.1, a head-piece for the bed when the latter has been turned down intoposition for use. Preferably the uprights 3 3, offset portions 4. 4,having depressions 9,` and the extensions 5 5 and transverse piece 51are formed of a single piece of metal rod or tubing, which is bent intothe required form.

10 10 are the side bars of a bed-frame, and 11 11 are the end barsthereof. The said side bars preferably are formed of metal rod or tubingproperly bent and joined to form the rectangular frame, which is shown.

15 is a support for bedding,it lbeing con- Serial No. 558.588. (Nomodel.)

Yvided in the oset portions 4 t of the uprights 3 3. The said end bar isfree to rotate in the said depressions, so that the bed-frame may beswung from the position which it occupies in Fig. 1 into the uprightposition in which it is represented in Fig. 2, or vice versa. To

prevent sidewise movement of the bed-frame,

collars 14 14. are provided on the end bar 11,

lwhich fits into the recesses 9, said collars being secured in placeadjacent to the offset portions 4. 4t, so as to contact therewith andlimit the sidewise play of the bed-frame.

12 12 are legs or supports, which are provided at the free or foot endof the bed-frame to sustain the same when turned down into the positionof Fig. 1. These legs may be formed integral With a transverseconnectingpiece 13, and in that case both legs 12 12 and the saidtransverse connecting-piece 13 as well will be formed of a single pieceof tubing or rod bent into shape.

6 is a hook pivoted to one of the upright portions 5 and engaging with apin or projection on one of the side bars 10 to hold the bed-frame inthe raised position which is represented in Fig. 2.

15 15 are straps, only parts of which are shown in Fig. 1, which may beemployed to bind the bedding in place, as indicated in Fig. 2, so thatit will not fall down when the bed-frame is swung up, as in the latterfigure. These straps may be omitted, if desired.

A When the bed-frame is swung up into the position in which it isrepresented in Fig. 2,

a curtain may be hung from legs l2, if de sired, thereby concealing theparts of thebed from View.

Asrwill be obvious, the entire structure may be made of metal, therebyaffording every opportunity to clean the parts or to fumigate themWithout danger of injury'to them. Since the'bed-frame is readilydetachable from the uprights 3 3 by simply lifting it out of thebearings constituted by the depressions 9, opportunity is alforded todismantle the bed easily for any purpose desired.

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Our bed is particularly adapted for use in hospitals and similarinstitutions Where cleanliness is important and Where a bed of simpleand economical construction, which will take up a minimum amount ofroom, is frequently required.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination with a stand provided withuprights 3, 3, having offset portions 4, 4, formed with depressions 9,of the bed-frame 10, 10, 11, 1], having one of its ond-bars 11 receivedin the said depressions and provided with collars 14 to prevent lateralmovement of said bed-frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a stand provided with uprights 3, 3, havingoffset portions 4,4,

formed with depressions 9, andan upright continuation 5, of thebed-frame 10, 10,11, 11, having one of its end-bars 1l received in thesaid depressions and provided With collars 14 to prevent lateralmovement of said bedframe, and the hook 6 applied to the part 5,

and serving to hold the bed-frame in its raised position, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof We afx our signa- 25 tures in presence of twoWitnesses.

VWILLIAM A. WALES. WILLIAM C. WALES.

Vitnesses:

THOMAS MORAN, G. A. O. BARNETT.

